Olympic Games 2021 Qualifiers Mexico vs Brazil 7/3/2021 Picks

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Team Brazil are facing Team Mexico at the Spaladium Arena in Split, Croatia on Saturday, July 3, at 06:30 ET in the first semifinal of this 2021 Olympic Game Qualifier Group. Team Brazil finished the Group Stage of the tournament undefeated, including a shocking 27-point victory against the hosting team of Croatia. Team Mexico qualified as the second-best team of Group A.

Team Brazil finished the Group Stage of the 2021 Olympic Game Qualifiers with a perfect 2-0 record and were placed first in Group B. They have back-to-back wins and in their last game they defeated Team Croatia with a 94-67 score. They shot lights out, shooting with 65% from inside the arc and with 45% from downtown. They had five players in double digit scoring, led by Rafael Hettsheimeir with 20. Bruno Caboclo added 17 points and a team-high 8 rebounds.

Hettsheimeir leads the team in scoring with 16.5 ppg, adding 3 rebounds per game. Leonardo Meindl adds 12 ppg and 4 rebounds per game.

Team Brazil has the best offense in this Group Phase with 88.5 ppg, while allowing 62 ppg defensively. They have the best percentages both in field goals with 56.8% and in 3-pointers with 43.8%. They are second-best in rebounding with 39.5 per game and first in assists made with 27.5 per game.

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Olympic Games 2021 Qualifiers Mexico vs Brazil Predictions 7/3/2021

Team Mexico finished the Group Stage of the 2021 Olympic Game Qualifiers with a 1-1 record and were placed second in Group A. In their previous game they defeated Team Russia with a 72-64 score. They managed to win even though they shot worse both from inside the arc (52.6% to 59.3%) and from downtown (21.2% to 32%). They were led in scoring by Francisco Cruz with 21 points, adding 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Paul Stoll and Gustavo Ayon both added 11 points.

Cruz leads the team both in scoring with 25.5 ppg and in assists made with 5 per game. Ayon adds 14.5 ppg and a team-high 11 rebounds per game.

Team Mexico have the third-best offense in the Group with 74 ppg and allow 73 ppg defensively. They have the second-worse percentages both from the field with 39.9% and in 3-pointers with 25.4%. They are first in rebounding with 40 per game and second-best in assists made with 19 per game.

This will be the sixth meeting between those two squads in any competition, with Brazil having a tight 3-2 lead so far. Their most recent meeting has been back in the 2017 AmeriCup, with Mexico emerging victorious with a 99-76 score. They also won their previous meeting before that in the 2015 Americas Championship with a 65-58 score. Expect Team Mexico to force a closer game than 12 points today, so pick them to beat the odds.

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